Beautiful vid and stills ma man! Love to shoot at 1/2000 to freeze the damsels and dragons. I make friends first with perched dragons so's I can shoot them with only 60-70 year old slide projector lenses usually 120 mm max. Depends on the lens, but usually around 6-12 inch focal length.
@@zhuanjifarms5050 Thank you for the compliments. I am glad you enjoyed the film. I also shoot perched dragonflies. In case you haven't seen my latest film you might find that very enjoyable. They let me film them and take multiple shots as they sit perched. It was great fun doing that video
@@LonerJoe Are you able to see where they perch? Dragonflies tend to go back to the same areas all the time so if you can work that out, perhaps you can get close enough when they are resting to at least get some nice shots of them resting. You might also be able to get shots of them taking off and landing depending on your patience. Yards I would expect to be a little bit difficult. Do you have a pond where they lay their eggs or are you able to figure out where their spawning ground is? You might find you have some luck there. I was only a yard away from the one dragonfly laying eggs in the film. It sat quite still. Just some ideas in the hope you might succeed.
@geireriknielsen there is a pond but it's surrounded by blackberry vines. Limited aces. There was one perching it had gold wing I didn't have the camera. I got some shots of another one it would sit with its abdomen straight in the air. There gone now. There's some damsel flys.
wow you really froze that dragonfly wing in flight - was that first image at 1/3200? Yet again my friend you have inspired me to get out and try something new - I have not taken out the tele lens for a while, this looks like fun! Off to the local pond :)
Great video Geir lots of useful information, I photograph dragons and damsels inflight using a 100mm macro lens ignoring the autofocus and using only manual mode generally with a 2500 shutter speed hand held. It takes some practice, but worthwhile for the clarity of the images.
